Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 20.210
Four Direct Forms and Twenty Expansions
“Vāsudeva and the three others are direct prābhava pastime forms of Lord Kṛṣṇa. Of these quadruple forms, the pastime expansions are twenty in number.
What the purport teaches
- Vāsudeva and the three others are direct prābhava pastime forms.
- These quadruple forms are direct pastime forms of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
- The pastime expansions of these quadruple forms are twenty in number.
Try this today
Write “four direct prābhava pastime forms” and “twenty pastime expansions” as two separate study notes.
Ask yourself
How does this verse distinguish the four direct forms from Their twenty pastime expansions?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.